Growing Ethnic Vegetables

Increasing demand for ethnic food offers small farmers tremendous opportunities to diversify their food production systems. Small Farm Resource Center coordinator and chief grower for Carter Farms Michael Carter Jr. will lead this workshop to show small farmers how to grow and market specific crops that appeal to customers. Participants will increase their knowledge in reference to planting African runner peanuts, cocoa yams, African spinach and jute leaf. Topics to be covered are soil requirements, planting, cultivating, harvesting and marketing of ethnic crops.